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Newspaper
London Evening Post
Location
London, Middlesex, United Kingdom
Date
Aug 26, 1738
Page
1
The London Evening-Post notes arrivals since last issue featuring mail from France and a Dutch mail from Holland, indicating ongoing courier activity and European communications through the period.
Reports detail Count Munich's march near the Niefter and Turkish forces estimated at 130,000, the Russian army of 100,000 with 330 artillery pieces, and the convoy from Belgrade to Ortova. Viennese notes mention Bavarian troops, siege material, and possible actions near Zwornick. Madrid relays British offers for accommodation, while Brussels discusses Dutch trade schemes in the Austrian Netherlands.
News from Yarmouth Ipswich Bath and Bath dug report a prison escape attempt led by Harris and Clifton with Anne Cox and a separate case of transportation sentences for two men. Benjamin Holmes drew crowds in Hadleigh while a jail alarm stopped further escape. Alderman Gibbs dies after illness as Bath faces a spurious informer scandal with fifteen liquor traders summoned.
Canterbury reports Burgoin committed to Maidstone Gaol for daytime house breaking and theft of nine aprons shirts and other goods. Gortz executed at Castle Hill for horse stealing at age about 24, urging youth to shun lewd women. Miss Newton married in London. Roger Roberts held at Castle Hill for involvement in the murder of William Freer. Funnel and Cotton remained at large.
London reports a proposed treaty of marriage between Armine Wodehouse and a Bacon daughter with a fortune of 10 000. Friday he left for Norfolk. Also born Lord Viscount Fordwich and Edinburgh Castle appointment for Brigadier-General James Campbell. Oxford race week records races at Port Meadow with winners Lady Thigh Ivy me and Fee and Chesnnut Mare Ivy me.
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